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Jon Weber, A .483 Batting Average? Not Quite Good Enough

There's a story on the NY Times Yankees blog about a minor league lifer who has been flirting with .500 this spring who the Yankees have sent down to AAA, his 11th season as a pro ballplayer. Jon Weber was original in the Reds organization, playing for Billings in 1999, then Clinton in the Midwest League before being let go.

Despite leading the Yankees in batting this spring, Weber — who in 11 previous professional seasons has never spent a day in the major leagues — was sent to the team’s minor league camp. His next stop: Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

At his locker later, Weber checked his cellphone messages with a crestfallen look on his face. “Things just didn’t work out,” he said. “What are you going to do? You can’t control something that’s out of your hands.”

I thought I'd put this in the Minor League forum since he's still a minor leauger.

Re: Jon Weber, A .483 Batting Average? Not Quite Good Enough

Originally Posted by redsmetz

There's a story on the NY Times Yankees blog about a minor league lifer who has been flirting with .500 this spring who the Yankees have sent down to AAA, his 11th season as a pro ballplayer. Jon Weber was original in the Reds organization, playing for Billings in 1999, then Clinton in the Midwest League before being let go.

I thought I'd put this in the Minor League forum since he's still a minor leauger.

Re: Jon Weber, A .483 Batting Average? Not Quite Good Enough

2009 was really the first time he put up good numbers in AAA over a full season. Even then, teams just aren't too likely to "take the risk" on a 32 year old rookie. It has to be terribly deflating for him personally.

Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.

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